Mutianyu Great Wall and Forbidden City Tour

If your hotel is within the 4th ring road of Beijing city, you will be picked up from your hotel

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What You'll Do

Wander through Tiananmen Square

Explore the Forbidden City

Hike along the Mutianyu Great Wall

Enjoy an authentic Chinese lunch

Learn from an informative and friendly English-speaking guide

Overview

See Beijing’s best sights on this full-day sightseeing tour. In a small group and with an informative and friendly guide leading the way, you will hit Beijing’s must-see landmarks and neighborhoods in a single day.

What to Expect

Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel lobby on the morning of your tour, driving you to Tiananmen Square, one of the biggest city squares in the world, to explore its surroundings. Your informative, English-speaking guide will walk you through the Square, detailing its history. You'll get a chance to see the Great Hall of the People, the National Museum of China, the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the Monument to the People's Heroes.

From there, you'll continue through Tiananmen Gate, heading towards to the Forbidden city. In this massive palace, you will visit some of Beijing's most important buildings.
Exit from the north gate, then be driven in the direction of the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. On the way, you'll stop in a village for an authentic Chinese lunch at a local restaurant. After lunch, it's a 30-minute drive to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, a masterpiece of restoration, with 23 original-style watchtowers. You'll spend 1.5-2 hours at the Wall, before being driven back to your hotel.

What's Included

Guide

Private Transportation

Entrance fees to all sites mentioned

Round-trip cable car or ski-lift up, and toboggan down the hill

Chinese lunch

Bottled water

Know Before You Go

• Group size is limited to 12 people
• Entrance fees and lunch included
• Free hotel pickup and drop-off (within the 4th ring road of Beijing city)
• Wear comfortable shoes for the tour
• No factory or shopping stops